We hit temperatures in the '80s on Friday, and with a good shot of humidity in the wake of Thursday night's tornado-producing weather, so I feel confident in saying that winter is behind us.

OT, but yet, oddly, somehow not: I'm discovering that the difference between having an almost 5-year-old and an almost 6-year-old when warm weather hits is the sheer, impressive amount of griminess (as opposed to messiness, as in consuming food etc.) that the latter can amass as compared to the former.

Must have something to do with the increased freedom out-of-doors this year rather than last.

Is there some kind of correlation between gaining new freedoms and the potential--nay, actuality--of acquiring grime?